Anita Webster is a Teacher Associate with the University of Glasgow's Centre for Teaching Excellence. She is currently seconded to the Teaching-Focused Research Hub, where she works with teachers, local authorities and national education organisations to develop collaborative professional learning and strengthen connections between educational research and classroom practice.

Alongside this role, Anita is a Principal Teacher in a Glasgow primary school, with over 10 years' teaching experience. Her leadership experience includes leading Numeracy and Mathematics, Sciences and STEM education, as well as contributing to school improvement initiatives and developing family learning opportunities.

Anita was a Challenge Leader of Learning in Numeracy as part of Glasgow's Improvement Challenge. In this role, she led collaborative practitioner enquiry focusing on Retrieval Practice and the Lesson Study approach in her establishment. She has experience facilitating professional learning and moderation activities within and beyond her school community, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to national curriculum development through Education Scotland's Curriculum Improvement Cycle Collaboration and Writing Group in Sciences.

Anita was previously an Associate Regional Trainer and Verifier (ARTAV) for the Young STEM Leader Programme at SSERC. She has achieved GTCS Professional Recognition in Learning for Sustainability and Leading Languages.

Anita completed her MEd in Educational Leadership at the University of Glasgow and is currently undertaking her PhD studies on a part-time basis. She is a recipient of the Turnbull Scholarship, awarded by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland.

• Educational leadership, particularly middle leadership practice in primary schools through the lens of practice theory.
• Research-informed approaches to teaching and learning in primary education.
• Professional learning and collaborative practitioner enquiry.
• Retrieval Practice in Numeracy and Mathematics.
• Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, with focus on developing mathematical thinking, reasoning and problem-solving.
• Developing dialogic classrooms in Numeracy. 

Anita's CfTE secondment days are Thursdays and Fridays.